Haryana Government has decided to provide free bus travel facility of State Roadways to various award winning scholars of Sanskrit language. An approval has been given by the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in this regard.
Director, Haryana Sanskrit Academy, Dinesh Shastri said that the State Government has been making consistent efforts to promote Sanskrit language. Several steps have been taken in this direction. Apart from establishing Government Sanskrit Colleges and Sanskrit Board, Sanskrit University has also been set up in the State. Through Haryana Sanskrit Academy, Government has started awarding Guru Virjanand Acharya Samman, Vidyamartand Pandit Sitaram Shastri Acharya Samman, Pandit Yudhishthira Mimansak Acharya Samman, Swami Dharmadev Sanskrit Samaradhaka Samman to the excellent teachers of Sanskrit in the Sanskrit colleges and Gurukuls across the State, he said.